ARASH DASHTGARD is a Senior Managing Associate in the UK/EU Financial Services Regulatory group. Arash advises a broad range of financial institutions and market participants, including banks, broker-dealers, and asset managers, on UK and EU financial services regulatory matters. His main areas of focus include advising on:
- General UK/EU financial services regulation, including MiFID II, AIFMD, UCITS Directive, Market Abuse Regulation, PRIIPs Regulation, EMIR, SFTR, SRD II, Short Selling Regulation, and Transparency Directive.
- Prudential regulation / regulatory capital, including the UK Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) and Investment Firms Prudential Regime (IFPR).
- Regulatory authorizsation and all aspects of the FCA rules, including the UK Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR), the Consumer Duty, FCA rules on client money and assets, governance, systems and controls, conduct of business, and reporting.
- The developing regulatory framework for sustainable finance/ESG, including the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the EU Taxonomy Regulation, the UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR), and investment labels and the UK TCFD-aligned climate reporting requirements.
- The EU/UK Securitisation Regulation.
- Regulatory aspects of corporate, financing, and restructuring transactions involving financial institutions.
Prior to joining Sidley, Arash was seconded to the asset management division of a global investment bank, where he advised on matters including the UCITS Directive and the implementation of the developing ESG regulatory frameworks in the UK and EU.